Holiday fitness: Here’s to your health, in 5 easy ways

It’s the holiday season. How are you going to respond this year? You can just give up, indulge, and gain 10 pounds or more, and give up on the idea of holiday fitness.

Or you can approach this year’s season differently. Do you have to give up everything? No! Just try to incorporate these ideas and have some fun with your family while staying fit over the holidays.

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1. Enjoy the holidays 3-2-1
3: 10-minute sessions of activity each day
2: Picture perfect meals each day (lean protein, complex carbohydrates, good fats)
1: Indulgence each day (enjoy the holidays your way with something that makes you feel good about you, like a massage, time with a good book or someone who makes you laugh)

2. Exercise Advent calendar
Create a calendar with a different exercise each day. Involve the whol family!

3. No-Resolution gift
Put a package under the tree and call it your No-Resolution gift. Commit to entering 2014 with no need for a resolution. You are already doing what you need to do!

4. 10-pound dumbbell under the tree with a bow

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Understand that the weight under the tree represents the amount of weight that you possibly could gain over the holidays. Commit to keeping that weight under the tree — and not on your hips!

5. Create a Heart-Healthy Holiday
Declare this year as a Heart-Healthy Holiday for your family. Endeavor to keep everything about the holidays revolving around this theme: Gifts, meals, activities, etc.

Enjoy the holidays, and make it your healthiest ever!

Trainer Dianne Bailey is the founder and co-owner of The Conditioning Classroom, a private personal training studio, with her younger son, Grant Pettegrew. Contact her directly at dbailey@theconditioningclassroom.com.

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